ICE CEO Calls for Change; Earnings Rise

The top executive of IntercontinentalExchange Inc. said Wednesday he aims to use the "pulpit" of the New York Stock Exchange to push for fundamental changes in the working of U.S. stock markets.

ICE Chief Executive Jeffrey Sprecher, who struck a deal to buy NYSE Euronext in December, lashed out at business practices among securities exchanges that he called "patently absurd" and "destructive" to...